I must confess – can’t help myself … bad habits!

Bad habits? What are they? Surely I have none of those – I may have certain endearing, uniquely quirky, well ingrained ways of doing certain things, but me … ‘bad’ habits … nahhh never!!

Don’t I wish!!! 🙂

Sadly, I am all too aware that I have many & varied habits, some may or may not have become ‘bad’, but that either way, are the little things I do repeatedly on auto-pilot, firmly entrenched & likely unchanging ‘quirks’ that make up part of who I am.

Yes, folks, it’s that time of the week again, the time where I lay it out for you & ask that you hear my confession over with the ever lovely, Kirsty from My Home Truths.

Ok … here goes;

1. I am a shoe dropper …

I have a terrible habit of taking my shoes off … wherever … & instead of picking them up & dropping them in the extra large shoe storage box my partner so kindly placed near the side door, I will leave them where I took them off, mine, the kids … whoever’s … they will stay there, generally, until I either trip over them & grumble that I should have put them away, or until they get worn again – which could be days! Bad, bad, bad!!

Oh BTW – don’t you just love my 3 year old artist’s impression of a ‘Peacock’ – using lots & lots of glitter glue! 🙂

2. I’m a paper piler-upperer …

Yep … I am a paper piling fool! Admittedly the above is an extreme example – my son’s weekend art works. Instead of throwing them out, putting them away in his ‘art’ file at the end of each day, I just kept piling them up until this morning it looked like this! In my mind I am thinking, oh how can I throw it away it’s my baby’s work! Most parents would probably agree, that ‘keeper’ artwork needs to be limited due to general mass production that goes on! I do similar ‘piles’ with bills & other incoming stuff. In my mind I am like, I might need this piece of junk mail for some unfathomable reason that make perfect sense to no one including me, but there it stays, sometimes for days (again). Bad! Bad! Bad!

3. I’m a potty mouth …

Sorry for the language if it offends, but that’s just me! I no longer do the smoking, or (much) of the drinking, but I always revert back to the swearing! It is a very bad habit I have held for a long time. I can generally hold my tongue in professional & new social situations, but at home or with those I am most comfortable with I.am.a.shocker! I think in the past I might have even given Dexter’s sister Deb a run for her money!

The worst part of it for me now is that I have little ears soaking it all up! While I know I have improved, there are moments, like this morning, when I hear the echoes of my bad habit being spoken out of the mouth of my three year old. This while chasing out pet around the house … “Arrrggh … the fucking rabbit won’t stand still so I can pick him up Mum!” BAD, BAD, BAD!!!!

So there you have it. some of my less endearing & undoubtedly more annoying & inappropriate foibles!

Thanks for reading my confession, writing it was a great way to use one of my other bad habits, procrastination, to avoid focusing on a work report I have due by the end of this week! Ooops, best get to that one … right after I make another coffee, check my email, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, oh & I really must read some more blog posts … 😉

Comments

The shoes, the paper would drive me nuts… actually Mr C is guilty of both and it does drive me nuts. I ban his dedicated dumping grounds for both and he just finds new ones. Even more annoyingly he is teaching at least one of our children, his bad habits. Only bad I suppose because they annoy me so much. Clearly my problem not his, or is it?! Something to think about.

I know it drives my partner J crazy – but he puts up with it, poor man! My only lame excuse sometimes about the paper piles is that we are renovating & what will be the office & kids play area are currently finished rooms storing other crap we haven’t found a home for yet! Because of that the dining table is my office, the kids art & craft space, the coat rack & general dumping ground – it gets a little cluttered in here!! Otherwise, really I just get domestic blindness around the shoes & the paper – don’t know why! 🙂

I have paper piles that are almost as tall as some of my kids! And I used to be guilty of swearing like a sailor, until the day when I heard my words being parroted by my daughter – the odd bad word still sneaks out, but I’ve managed to tone it down a bit!

Hello Lisa! It’s a bit of a shock when you hear them parrot back to you isn’t it?! I have really worked hard at being more conscious of it – but as you say – every now & then I hear some little gems pop out & can only shake my head, blame myself & try to explain that swear words are ‘grown-up’ words & he shouldn’t use them! So lame & I feel so guilty! Thanks for stopping by! I am already a liker of yours & really enjoy your posts! Cheers, Jodie 🙂

I am the same with shoes!! I am also a complete paper pile-upperer. I don’t think we need to apologise for it. You never know when I might need the paper. Or is it the art of procrastination! Quite possibly 🙂

Hello Jen! So glad I’m not the only one – I suspect that whole procrastination thing might have a teensy role in the other stuff – just a teensy bit though!! :). Thanks so much for stopping by! Cheers, Jodie xx

I am a terrible paper piler as well. And then when the piles become to big I put them in bags and move them under the stairs waiting for that elusive day when I will sort through them. It is such a nightmare when I actually need to find something.

Arrgggh … I hear you Rhianna – I end up with stockpiles that I then need something from & have to sift through to find! Hate it!! You’d think I might learn to do it differently – but alas not as yet! Thanks for stopping by! Cheers, Jodie 🙂

I know – can’t wait til I get the feedback from his kinder teacher when he drops his first f-bomb in front of her – ***CRINGE*** – but I just know it’s going to happen!! Thanks for stopping by! Cheers, Jodie 🙂

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